The provincial government has officially handed over their carbon plan to the federal government.
Sustainable Development Minister Rochelle Squires says the “Made-In-Manitoba Climate and Green Plan” focuses on Manitoba’s circumstances and is better than the one-size-fits-all Ottawa plan.
“We will not allow the federal government to force its carbon tax on Manitobans,” said Squires in a press release.
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The federal plan calls for a price increase of $10 per tonne of emitted carbon every year, reaching $50 a tonne by 2020-2022.
The Manitoba plan includes a flat $25 per tonne carbon levy.
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The province’s plan is expected to reduce emissions by 80,000 tonnes more than a federally imposed plan by 2022, the minister added.
The province never agreed to the federal government’s plan, called The Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change, objecting to the year-over-year increase in taxes.
Squires said over the next four years, all carbon revenues will be returned to Manitobans through lower taxes.
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